I have here a strange storySomewhat hard to believeAs I eat chicken cacciatoreI'll tell you what I perceive

It was about a year agoI had a friend named JimAbout every three months or soWe drove to Dallas on a whimIt was July 2003When for his arrival I awaited, A white moth flew in to meThrough the window to be so fated

And right about just thenMy friend Jim knocked on my doorSo we went on to Dallas againFor the time of our lives to exploreBut once we arrived in that cityWe both faced a horrible plightA situation to require my pityHe fell ill on that very night

I was there long as I could beFor two days in Dallas I stayedThen they arrived, his familyAnd I went back home, I'm afraidAnd when I arrived back homeI saw the white moth was still thereBut having been left all aloneIt lay dead on the floor near a chair

Jim remained there in the hospitalAt first he seemed to be alright;A month later his health became brittleAnd he finally died the last nightAnd today over a year has passed;On Halloween when the veil was thinI remembered when I saw Jim last, But would I ever see him again?

It may be this time of yearOr a mere coincidental case:A white moth in my house did appearHaving sprung from a hiding placeAnd so I was reminded of JimAs odd as it seems to be, I might have been visited by him, If only to say "hi" to me. :-)

Well I'm done with my cacciatoreSo I believe I'll bid you adieuI hope you enjoyed my story'Cause believe it or not, it's true.

Author's Notes: This may not be the most spectacular incident that I have ever experienced, but to me it was an interesting one.

My friend Jim was 69 years old at the time of his death. He suffered a terrible stroke when we were in Dallas together. After undergoing two surgeries, he was unable to speak although he was aware of his surroundings. He remained in the hospital in Dallas for a month, and then passed away.

In many ways I wanted to be like him, and we complimented each other with the difference in our age. It was odd that on our trip to Dallas, he mentioned to me that "once your parents are gone, you realize that you're next."

He always wanted to discuss general aspects of religion with me, as I suppose he had some difficulties with it in his own childhood. He never quite learned my own spiritual beliefs, and so I spoke with him in terms of his own views regarding the Christian God. I imagine that his doctorate in zooligy influenced his beliefs in that he could not reconcile the scientific method with religious faith. We always had interesting discussions.

It was almost as though he wanted to hear me say and repeat, for the purpose of reassurance, something my own mother taught me, that "everything God ever does just brings us all closer to Him, " and he also wanted to hear my views that it was humanity that made God out to be a vengeful deity, but that we are not expected to be perfect as humans, as God's love is truly unconditional and very forgiving. He liked to hear me say that God's "unconditional love" means just that -- love given freely with no conditions at all. Author's Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma More Poems: Phronesus Disegno has posted 629 additional poems- View them? Author's Profile: To learn more about Phronesus Disegno - Click HERE Contact Me Via Email...

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